Figure 1. Sample Clinical Seminar Guide

QSEN Competenciesa

Student-Led Patient Discussions

Date: 2 – 3 assigned students

Guidelines: Present one of your actual patients that you cared for in the past week of clinical:

 Give a two-minute focused hand-off report on your patient.

 What patient problems/issues justify your selection of this patient’s highest priority

nursing care need?

 How did your care make a difference in the quality of this patient’s hospital stay on your

shift?

 How did you feel about the care you and the healthcare team provided to this patient?

 If you cared for this patient tomorrow, justify changes you would make to the patient’s

plan of care.

 What was your patient’s teaching and/or discharge needs? How did you meet them?

 Explain how you met the QSEN competencies. Did you encounter any difficulties in

meeting them? Why? How did you overcome these difficulties?

Peers’ Responsibilities during handoff report:

 Write down each student’s handoff report

 Consider whether the report:

 Was organized and focused?  Contained the most essential information you needed?

 Omitted any key data? Give examples

 Provided non-essential information? Give examples

Concept: Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances

QSEN Competenciesb

Recall the patients you cared for in the past weeks of clinical practice.

 Which patients had or were at risk for fluid and/or electrolyte imbalances? What data

support your conclusions?

 What evidence did you use to care for your patients?

 How did the patient’s fluid and/or electrolyte imbalance affect your prioritization of care?

 What safety-enhancing technologies did you use to meet your patients’ fluid and/or

electrolyte needs?

 How did the healthcare team collaborate to resolve the imbalances?

 What teaching and discharge planning did you anticipate to prevent fluid and electrolyte

imbalances in the future?

 How will you apply your learning to future patients?

aQSEN competencies: Patient-centered Care, Teamwork & Collaboration, Evidence-based

Practice, Quality Improvement, Safety, and Informatics bRelated QSEN competencies: Patient-centered care, Teamwork and Collaboration, Evidence- based Practice, and Safety